Mike Summers (The State Representative): Bringing in new business is my number one priority.
Roseanne: How?
Mike Summers: Through tax incentives. See, we’re going to make it cheaper for out of state businesses to set up shop right here in Lanford.
Roseanne: So they get a tax break?
Mike Summers: Yea. That’s why they come here
Roseanne: Well whose going to pay the taxes that they aint paying?
Mike Summers: Well y-you will. But you’ll be working. Good steady employment.
Roseanne: Union wages?
Mike Summers: Well now, part of the reason these companies are finding it so expensive to operate in other locations—
Roseanne: So, they’re gonna dump the unions so they can come here and hire us at scab wages, and then for that privilege we get to pay their taxes.
Mike Summers: Is your husband home?
This show is on Netflix Watch Instantly. Take the rest of the day off. Tell your boss that the Colorlines.com Tumblr account said it’s cool.
Roseanne was way more political than most people realized.
(via markcoatney)
